Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 5:29

29. And he called his name Noah , saying , this same shall comfort us concerning our work, and toil of our hands , because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.

Which signifies rest.

By the Spirit of Prophesie.

(i. e.) Concerning the hard labour and manifold troubles to which we are sentenced, ch. 3. 19. And this he did either 1. By the invention of instruments of husbandry whereby Tillage was made more easie. Or 2. By removing in some part the curse inflicted upon the Earth, and reconciling God unto mankind. Possibly he might suppose that this was the Messias or promised Seed, and the Saviour of the undone World: As it was frequent with the antient Fathers through their earnest desire of the Messias, to expect him long before he came, and to mistake other persons for him. Or, 3. By preserving a remnant of mankind from that deluge, which he by the spirit foresaw would come, and re-peopling the emptied Earth with a new Generation of men, and by restoring and improving the art of Husbandry. See Gen. 9. 20.

Marginal references: G[illegible: 1+ letters]. Noe.